Luxury Racing

Last updated
Flag of France.svg Luxury Racing
Luxury Racing (auto racing team) logo.png
Founded2009
Team principal(s)Eric Adam (team manager)
Current series European Le Mans Series
FIA World Endurance Championship
Ferrari Challenge
Former series Porsche Carrera Cup France
International GT Open
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Noted drivers Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo
Drivers'
Championships
Porsche Carrera Cup (2010)

Luxury Racing is a motor racing team from France that formed in 2009. The team specialises in endurance racing, more specifically the FIA World Endurance Championship and has solely used Ferraris since 2011.

Contents

History

2011

#58 Luxury Ferrari in 2011 PLM 2011 58 Luxury Ferrari.jpg
#58 Luxury Ferrari in 2011

The team had its first venture in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011, where they raced two cars in the LMGTE Pro class. They qualified 36th and 41st, which is 8th and 13th in their class with the #59 and #58 cars respectively.

Unfortunately, both cars didn't finish the race, with the #58 car managing only 136 laps, and the #59 car lasting a further 47 with 183 laps.

2012

For the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans, the team qualified first in the LMGTE Pro class with the #59 car, which was 34th overall and just under five tenths of a second faster than the nearest competitor while the #58 car in the LMGTE Am class qualified in 44th, one place ahead of one of the LMP2 cars.

During the race, the #58 car retired after 146 laps, while the #59 car went on to complete 333 laps and finish the race in 18th, which was 2nd in their class after losing out to the winner by 3 laps. This also marked the team's first finish in the event since its debut in 2011.

Race Summary

SeasonSeriesClassRacesWinsPolesPodiumsPointsPosition
2010 Porsche Carrera Cup France   ? ? ? ?2021st
International GT Open GTS16409872nd
2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMGTE Pro7002383rd
American Le Mans Series GT2000NCNC
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro3022544th*
LMGTE Am3031186th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearClassNoTyresCarEngineDriversLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2011 LMGTE Pro59 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Ortelli
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
183DNFDNF
LMGTE Pro58 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8 Flag of France.svg Anthony Beltoise
Flag of France.svg François Jakubowski
Flag of France.svg Pierre Thiriet
136DNFDNF
2012 LMGTE Pro59 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8 Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
33318th2nd
LMGTE Am58 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8 Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo
146DNFDNF

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